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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Courtney Love Inspired 60s Shift

My 90s-inspired dress is done! This is Simplicity 1609 (which I've now made five of; two are waiting to be photographed). The material and length of this one was a direct result of my revisit to 90s era grunge, and my girl crush on the Courtney Love of yore.

I made the dress in this fabric, which is a drapey synthetic stretch crepe. I really love the drape of it. The collar is a bit of white cotton eyelet, backed in organdy (see post on that here).

I raised the armholes by making the side seam 1/2" higher underneath the arm and then blending a new line into the armhole.

Oh! I cut my hair too.

I really like the versatility of this length. Here it is in messy waves.

And set in curls.

The last few days I've been going for a flip, but it's not quite as dramatic as I would like. I think I need to turn to a curling iron rather than my blowdryer.

My goal tomorrow is to photograph the other two versions of this dress! And also start sewing that kitty print dress, which is all cut and ready to go.

Ok, this pattern has now been moved to the front of the line in my sewing queue. As soon as I finish my third version of your bow tie blouse, that is! It's adorable on you and the haircut is fantastic too. Thanks for being a constant source of inspiration!

Gorgeous hair, and gorgeous dress too. I'm glad I'm not the only one who ends up making multiple version of the same pattern; I'm making my third Simplicity 1883 at the moment (and thought of you, Gertie, as this one is Mod-inspired!).

This haircut and dress are very flattering on you. One question though. A while ago you said you didn't like short dresses/skirts because of your legs. What on earth do you think is wrong with them? :-) I'm been reviewing my own ever since seeing you get your pins out.

LOVE your new look, Gertie! I'm a new fan saying 'hi' and 'Thank You'!! It only took since May to read your whole blog from the beginning (that was a lot of reading). Now that I'm all caught up, I will officially follow. I have learned so much. I found your site from your patternless full skirt tutorial because I wanted to learn how to sew, but was terrified of patterns. From what I learned on your blog (and from those of your smart followers) I got inspired to make my own patterns. I am now drafting and sewing my own wedding dress and Tulle skirts for my bridesmaids! I couldn't have done this without your blog.

Darling dress and a great revisit to the 90s! I totally remember sporting a babydoll dress which was terribly terribly short, but I loved it so much. I also went full throttle and wore over the knee high socks and chunky black shoes to boot. Loved that thing.

Additionally, I'm dying over your hair! Its so cute and I think a great change up. Love your long hair, but must say, this is a very refreshing look on you.

Short hair really suits you! And is that a purple streak I see? Lovely :). (Question: have you noticed any tendency for the colours to bleed into one another after washing? I've been thinking about some colour-blocked hair for the fall, but wasn't sure if it would go muddy at the edges.)

Firstly, I love your hair It is a great length that somehow makes the colour even more punchy. Secondly, I love the dress (and I actually like it way better than Courtney's) The collar is really cute, I've been looking for some eyelet like that everywhere.

Yay Courtney Love! My middle school self is so happy about this dress. I think the whole Kinderwhore fashion thing is a lot of fun, but it's really not a *wearable* look most of the time. Go you for translating it into something you can rock everyday!

Also the hair is lovely. How do you find it holds up to styling after being dyed? Did the texture change? As a fellow pink-haired person I've had some trouble with this, but YMMV.